or is it an exercise to make people afraid and make changes to whatever laws some people want. Call me cynical but this is what I think is going on.
But consider this: last year we were warned Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction primed and ready for deployment in 45 minutes. Tony Blair said there was a “direct threat to British national security in the trade in chemical, biological and nuclear weapons”.
The current debate about Iraq’s WMDs has led many people to question this. And if Clare Short is right in saying people were duped about Saddam’s weapons, then what is the real threat from terrorist groups?